Over 200 Years ago a Round Church Condominium...Richmond, Vermont

Several people actually owned their own boxed in pews. Pretty interesting

[@thormusique]

As a fellow Vermonter, I absolutely enjoy watching your videos, which really convey your love of these places. Thanks so much for sharing. Cheers!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks for watching

[@petebaldwin6661]

Beautiful, what awesome craftsmanship from back in the day. Thanks Ken and Loren for taking us along.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ronnielipsi8271]

Thanks Ken and Lauren. Really enjoyed this scenic journey. And the music was awesome ❤

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thomasryan8218]

Good morning from Connecticut Ken and Lauren, thanks for another great History video.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Good morning thanks

[@mountainsgarage]

Fantastic! I love watching you two carrying out adventures!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@freshcut6952]

This is great and beautiful Thanks for taking us on a road trip with y’all

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Glad you enjoyed

[@lindagary7077]

Thank you for sharing. Just beautiful

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks

[@50shadesofgreen]

Thanks for sharing another Beautiful place. Take care and God bless 🙏 💚👍🇬🇧....Simon

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks for watching Simon

[@josephlwallssr6166]

Very interesting! Neat , old round house, church.Part of the history of the New England states! 1812, wow! That was built right before the Lewis and Clark, expedition to the N.W.! Thank you ,for sharing, Ken!I hope your wrist, will recover with rest and not too many surgeries. Maybe, a lot of physical therapy , if surgery is necessary.Happy 2023!😀👌

[@glennyork6800]

Just WOW! Makes one want to hear the bell in the cupola chime a call to worship. Good one Ken & your lovely daughter for sharing you are blessed.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

For sure. Thanks

[@glennroy2747]

When my dad was first starting out in town here in Nova Scotia, he rented a room in a house that had a turret type round room upstairs and the old fellow who owned it told my dad he could stay in that room so the "devil" wouldn't catch him in the corners.😂

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha

[@Benelli-ex7oq]

What a beautiful church awesome video bravo

[@StoneKathryn]

Wow, round church! That does look cool inside. Nice drone footage! Cute looking church. Thanks for this Ken and Lauren.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks I’d like to go inside when it’s open sometime

[@johneickwort1426]

Awesome Thanks for the tour

[@jackpanek958]

Awesome place, and that Bell tower is amazing in it's self

[@jdelbrid]

Always enjoy the Scenic Journeys with you and Lauren. That round church reminds me of the round barns here in Indiana. There are some in Ohio as well. As your drone approached the church I couldn't help but notice all of the sled tracks. Looks like the kids have been putting that hill to good use. I miss those days with our youngsters.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks. Round barns are pretty cool too.

[@parsons585]

Our oldest daughter and husband are visiting in Stowe, VT as I view this! I hope they see this! Unique church!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Nice

[@davidsmathers5621]

Wow that was awesome thanks for sharing

[@donaldcaissie]

Lauren we love you!!!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks

[@brianballa3086]

Thank you so much for sharing ..

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

You are so welcome

[@jlawlar]

nice work you 2 :)

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks 😁

[@jlawlar]

@@kensscenicjourneys7190 you're welcome

[@guppy2129]

Beautiful video! Thanks!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Glad you liked it!

[@virginiagraber9070]

WOW , Nice, Nice. Thank you, Thank you. (Naaman ,Indiana)

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@burtzorn4059]

Thanks Ken !

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

You are welcome!

[@ЯрославЛитовченко-л3ь]

it is incredibly beautiful where you are going, and probably very beautiful in the summer

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Yes I hope to get back there in warmer months

[@grassrat4506]

They made some beautiful building's back then.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

They sure did

[@MrSprintcat]

Thank you for the video Ken. Growing up in Somerset Massachusetts we used to drive by a house all the time that was round and we would all turn our heads all eight of us. Not including the parents🙃

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Cool

[@silvergrizzly316]

It kinda resembles one of those grain bin silos but very unique and interesting. I like it!! Ken, maybe you could show them how to reconstruct a different stairwell that's not in front of the window 🤔 but then we wouldn't want to change something that's over 200 years old 😉. You and Miss Lauren are great for this channel 👍👍God Bless my friends. Jay.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha right. Thanks for watching Jay

[@frankpettinato2324]

Great video!!!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks

[@mackfisher4487]

I worked at a hurricane proof railroad dispatch center in Florida, the land of hurricanes. The round concrete building was built to withstand hurricanes. Hurricane winds could come from any direction as there were no corners to offer resistance to the wind. I read too that this same effect gave the ability of the building maintain even temperatures in other words less affected by cold westerly or northerly winds.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks that’s interesting

[@Dutch779]

Love this tune Ken and a interesting church. Have built a A line house and a 8 sided house.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks. Sounds like those were fun projects for you

[@stevenwarner7348]

Right there in Vermont. Who knew? ✨🌸✨

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

I didn’t until my wife saw an article about it

[@jeffreyhall5679]

Had a great shot of camels hump at the 1:30 minute mark of your video .

[@marybrown7203]

Straight ahead or off to the right a bit?

[@josephdriscoll8527]

I went to a summer wedding and sat in the balcony, the view was great, but the temps were incredibly hot, nicely built to last.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Oh cool. It would be fun to go inside

[@clarencewiles963]

I’ve been driving US2 in my past trucking days. Thanks for the tip. It would be nice to get inside. But the drone was a view I never would see and we’ll done ✅

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Oh interesting thanks

[@philtucker1224]

Buying the rights to exclusive family pews was also very common in some English village churches back in the 17 and 18 hundreds and was a way of the wealthy country Squires showing their superiority over the poor farm workers. (We actually have one in my home village of Fordwich in Kent).

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Oh that’s interesting. Thanks

[@seanreilly6751]

Was married there, this is just down the road from my house. Closed in the winter because there it is not heated.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Oh that’s cool. As a builder it would have been nice to see the inside.

[@rdyardie]

My father told me that round churches were built so the "devil can't corner a person". So there. 😂

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha

[@maddogminor306]

I have never seen a round or two story church. nice .

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Pretty interesting

[@greggrob7793]

Hi Ken It’s Gregg from Pennsylvanian Love that video with you and your daughter the church was really interesting Maybe I’ll get to meet you guys this summer

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Cool

[@Huhsaywhat1964]

Love the videos Ken. Any chance you can do "floating bridge" in Brookfield when it thaws out? When I was a kid in Randolph, we would take our family and friends from out of town over there. It's pretty cool!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

I’ve heard of that. I’ll try to check it out. Thanks

[@Huhsaywhat1964]

When my uncle and his best friend came out from Illinois in a pinto, My 5 year old and I went to floating bridge with them. We were parked on the bridge and all the sudden we could smell what we thought was a skunk in the car . Come to find out my brother had an accident and didn't tell anybody. My uncle was so mad that he picked him up, put him over the railing and said " 5-year-olds don't do things like this! You need to stop! " He never did it again! 🙃

[@CentralNH]

Beautiful....So when are you going to build a round garage???

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha none in the works right now

[@chris3m98]

Maybe you could go back when they are open???? Is that a cemetery next to the roadside parking if so you could video that on your return trip? The markers would have dates.

[@philtucker1224]

Ken, on several of your journeys the places are actually closed when you go there. (Like that famous old hotel) It’s frustration not to see inside some of these places, like this church for instance, with its “family” pews. I hope you can return to some of the more interesting ones in due course. Nice to see Lauren too…

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

That would be nice to back later

[@kennethoblenesjr8493]

So I guess 24 degree corners? Nice views from above. Would of like seeing it being constructed. The War of 1812 was going on I wonder if the area saw any disruption to the build. 👍🎅🏻

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Yes I wonder as well

[@ronaldcummings6337]

Ken I know that this is the wrong channel for this comment, but I think you should do a series on basic framing and carpentry skills. Framing allowances and such for beginners.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

I’ll try to do that

[@warrenlucier5796]

How many sides in this amazing round church? Looks like 18 maybe? Thanks for sharing the experience 🌎.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Yes I think 18

[@aelaan12]

It sure looks like the bell is still in the clock house and is most likely manually operated. This certainly is a curious building, but more curious is who came up with this design. I know they are popular in Scandinavian countries, I have seen some in Sweden for instance. But those were much older buildings. There is also no reference to this in the history. It is quite curious.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Thanks for watching yes it is

[@barriesmith3489]

Ken do the family’s still have ownership of it very interesting history

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

I don’t think so. I think the town town took ownership around 1880

[@a.j.alberti518]

Does that snow melt pattern on the roof suggest that a bit more insulation might be in order? Gorgeous building. Maybe revisit later in the year -- if you can afford the time -- to have a look inside?

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

It’s probably not insulated at all. They don’t heat it

[@tim_g3478]

Beautiful architecture! Aren’t you glad you don’t have customers asking you to build garages in that shape?

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha yes for sure

[@CybekCusal]

Dang you were almost in my neighborhood.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Wow. Do you live near the world’s tallest filing cabinet?

[@CybekCusal]

@@kensscenicjourneys7190 ha kinda 😂

[@BrentT1964]

Looks like the devil can’t corner you up in that church. Cool views from afar 🙏✌️😊

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha

[@brucealvarez9263]

I’ve been past it a few times, never stopped. Curious, a 19th century church with no graveyard. I don’t understand having condominium in the title, doesn’t seem to be a condo! I thought maybe it had been converted based on the title.

[@Cooldaddio2]

Almost at 5000 subscribers.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Getting close

[@jimgriffiths9071]

You made it to Chittenden County!

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha yes and packed a lunch

[@armidaperez5360]

🙋👍

[@donnlowe9129]

It looks to be 16 sided , kinda like a double octagon.

[@pgirl9406]

My dad used to say he belonged to the Round Church…that way the devil couldn’t corner him….

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha thanks

[@kenthesparky178]

Hi Ken ,an interesting church but you would not get away with calling it a round building in todays litigious day and age.its actually In geometry, a pentadecagon or pentakaidecagon or 15-gon is a fifteen-sided polygon. Imagine the tongue twister on the information board.😁

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha they would need a bigger billboard

[@johnmanthey2683]

The reason they built it round was so the Devil couldm't catch them in the corner.

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha that’s what I’ve been hearing

[@graceveenema4762]

So interesting that the original objective was both secular and ecumenical….which didn’t last. Most congregations went on to build their own buildings. At least the town hall function lasted a bit longer. And then the roof sagged. 😂

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Yes very interesting

[@howardemery1443]

i thought it was hip to be square

[@kensscenicjourneys7190]

Haha